Darius Simkus

Defensive Midfielder - Utenis U20
1 Jul 2029
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The Utenis Chronicle

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad18 Dec 2028

Ignas Girdvainis in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Utenis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Hristo Petrov falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad18 Dec 2028

A muscle injury and 14 days out for Darius Simkus

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Utenis will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Émile Gonzalez has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Utenis know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

No hiding place for Mantas Sernas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mantas Sernas, and the manager let it.

Market18 Dec 2028

Motiejus Burba placed on the list

Utenis have made Motiejus Burba available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

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The Utenis Chronicle

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad6 Mar 2028

A fracture rules Saulius Satkus out for 43 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Utenis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Ignas Girdvainis signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ignas Girdvainis and Utenis agree another 4 years.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Words exchanged at Utenis

Zaharaddeen Bello and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom6 Mar 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Utenis

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad6 Mar 2028

A row about effort at Utenis

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hristo Petrov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match4 Mar 2028

Utenis see off Kauno Zalgiris

Three points for Utenis, 2‑1 the final word against Kauno Zalgiris in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces6 Mar 2028

Utenis supporters have found a favourite in Edgaras Jankauskas

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Edgaras Jankauskas has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market6 Mar 2028

Utenis promote Darius Simkus from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darius Simkus has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market6 Mar 2028

One of our own: Paulius Jankauskas joins the Utenis first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paulius Jankauskas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

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